Benedikt Miloslav
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Posted - 2009.03.20 18:29:00 -
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 Originally by: Seraph Castillon
-The ability to fly good, low cost, small/medium solo ships that I can engage any target in without having to worry about losing the ship.
All but Caldari have very good cheap solo ships of varied sizes.
-Needs to have a series of ships that can perform in the various roles and tactics needed in small and medium gang warfare. IĘm not interested in support roles like ECM.
While all races are effective at this, I wouldn't suggest Caldari.
-IĘm not interested in things that require glass canon setups. IĘd like to have at least a bit of a tank anytime itĘs possible (and logical to have).
All races can go tanky tanky, but if you want tankish ships for most roles, I strongly suggest Amarr.
-I donĘt care much if it is guns or launchers that IĘll be using. What is important is the tasks my ships will be able to perform and how good they are at them.
-A good fleet (sniper) battleship. From what I understand every race except minmatar has decent version of this. Seeing as in large fleet encounters the combined damage of many counts I don't think individual perfection is needed here. So it does not need to be "the best one".
All races, Minmatar included, are fine at this. Obviously Caldari and Amarr are the best, but I wouldn't take this into account when choosing.
-IĘm not interested in flying pure drone boats. IĘd like my ship to be the main damage dealer and use drones (if available) for support damage or to take on ships that IĘd normally wouldnĘt be able to track with my guns.
Stay away from gallente - some of their best ships are drone boats, especially if you want to have a reasonable tank for most ship classes, and caldari have very few 'main' damage dealers.
-Since IĘll be getting the majority of my income from missions the race needs to have a good, if not perfect mission running battleship. It does not need to be able to run the missions of every race, just be extremely effective at running the ones that are specific to the ships race.
This effectively cuts out Minmatar. Don't get me wrong, I love the race, but I would rather fly a Raven than my old Vargur. Thankfully I don't delve into PvE anymore.
The only race that fits all your requirements is Amarr, but keep in mind that it's often considered the best overall race, and as you said, the best option is more likely to get nerfed next. But there aren't that many other choices. Gallente have several drone boats, Minmatar have the worst battleships, Caldari lack solo ships and heavy damage dealers.
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